Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry urges France to stop making inflammatory statements

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Aykhan Hajizada has urged France to refrain from making provocative statements regarding Azerbaijan’s policy towards Garabagh Armenians.

Commenting on the views expressed by the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, during her speech at the ambassadors' conference, Hajizada said that such a “pro-Armenian position”, does not serve peace and stability in the region, and is unacceptable, Caliber.Az reports, citing the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

“Ignoring such facts as the Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani lands for almost 30 years, the policy of ethnic cleansing of Armenia against Azerbaijanis, genocide and massacres, the presence of about one million refugees and internally displaced persons, the violation of their rights, the devastation and looting of cities and villages of Azerbaijan, the destruction of monuments of Azerbaijani culture, the destruction of our cultural values, the continuation of military-political provocations by Armenia after the 2020 war, the incomplete withdrawal of the Armed Forces from Azerbaijani territories is a vivid example of an illegal and immoral approach.

Within the framework of the national legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, efforts are being made to reintegrate Armenian residents living in the Karabakh region into the political, social and economic spheres of our country, and it is completely wrong to make claims that a policy is being implemented in order to obstruct these efforts and expel Armenian residents from the region,” Hajizada said.

“We once again call on the French side to put an end to such provocative and inflammatory statements,” the spokesperson added.

To recap, at the conference of ambassadors, Catherine Colonna stated that "Baku is using a strategy of strangulation to cause a mass exodus of Armenians from Karabakh, which is illegal and immoral."